Who is our brightest young star?

[RogueSwan]

Craig Bird for me.

Maybe not this season, but come 2011 or 2012, he will be a gun. Lacks some power in his legs at the moment and needs a bit more confidence with his decision making, but when he gets that, he will be a superstar.

Has showed to me that he has great poise and a very good handball in traffic. To me, he has some similar attributes to Greg Williams at the same age.

What he said!

[2005]

Dan the Man or Brett Meridith.

Daniels a gun , alot like Luke Power he will be a 200 gamer.


Brett Meridith could be anything I rekon. His kicking and usage of the footy, getting to the right spots before being injured was 1st Class.

Vespa , while hes the package , really has to step it up and get fit and build his tank. Hope he makes it. really do

[Pace To Burn]

Craig Bird for me.

Maybe not this season, but come 2011 or 2012, he will be a gun. Lacks some power in his legs at the moment and needs a bit more confidence with his decision making, but when he gets that, he will be a superstar.

Has showed to me that he has great poise and a very good handball in traffic. To me, he has some similar attributes to Greg Williams at the same age.

What he said!

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[Asterix]

Heh - nice work putting Gary Rohan in there - here's hoping! Having said that I voted for Jesse. Our forward line has potential, we just need Bradshaw to come on board, stay fit for two seasons and pass on his experience.

[chammond]

Hard to pick, but in terms of what they have actually done so far, not what they might do in the future . . .

Surely, on that basis it would be 1. Jack, 2. Bird, and daylight to the rest.

Jack and Bird are the only automatic selections . . . the rest are still wannabes.

[dimelb]

Surely, on that basis it would be 1. Jack, 2. Bird, and daylight to the rest.

Jack and Bird are the only automatic selections . . . the rest are still wannabes.

I take your point, but I wasn't thinking of Jack as like the other youngsters: he's arrived. And as for Bird, see my sig.

[staple]

I know he doesn't rate a place in the elite youngies yet and is very frustrating to watch sometimes, but I am giving him two more years. Maybe poise and self-confidence is a character attribute but if it can be gained then Ed B. could become a game breaker, a la Adam Goodes!!

I still hold out hope for Barlow. (Sorry I didn't put him in the poll, i forgot) But, i think he's going to turn out to be a Dempster type, solid, tall, quick, but eventually get traded for nothing. I so so hope im wrong and Barlow becomes the star he has the potential to be.

[Primmy]

I still hold out hope for Barlow. (Sorry I didn't put him in the poll, i forgot) But, i think he's going to turn out to be a Dempster type, solid, tall, quick, but eventually get traded for nothing. I so so hope im wrong and Barlow becomes the star he has the potential to be.

Exactly the problem with Ed. He doesn't do enough to be memorable. I am hoping like hell that he breaks out of his complacancy and does something! Its all there, its just not used, and that is no use to us.

Come on Ed, even the Poll forgot you!!! DO something creative and effective, and make us proud.

[Auntie.Gerald]

primmy fyi...........the flashy can end up no 100 out of the players that have the greatest effect on a game and the boring and not so memorable can rank no.1

gladwell dot com - Game Theory

[Auntie.Gerald]

I still hold out hope for Barlow. (Sorry I didn't put him in the poll, i forgot) But, i think he's going to turn out to be a Dempster type, solid, tall, quick, but eventually get traded for nothing. I so so hope im wrong and Barlow becomes the star he has the potential to be.

geese Staple that almost sounds like Craig Bolton !!

[Primmy]

primmy fyi...........the flashy can end up no 100 out of the players that have the greatest effect on a game and the boring and not so memorable can rank no.1

gladwell dot com - Game Theory

I suggest you actually sit down and make a study of the time spent on the ground with Ed and reevaluate your hero worship at this stage. He actually rarely gets to the contest. He hasn't yet learned how to block. He is still a work in progress.....and its a slow slow progress.

[Auntie.Gerald]

thanks primmy will do......... do you have a link ?

do you mean that his stats, for his position, minutes on the field and his role......that he is that far behind his competitors in the above poll ???..........

great article though isnt it showing that what commentators say and what we see when watching can be so far off the truth of who has the biggest impact in a game or a team or a season !!!

We become dance critics, blind to Iverson's dismal shooting percentage and his excessive turnovers, blind to the reality that the Philadelphia 76ers would be better off without him. "One can play basketball," the authors conclude. "One can watch basketball. One can both play and watch basketball for a thousand years. If you do not systematically track what the players do, and then uncover the statistical relationship between these actions and wins, you will never know why teams win and why they lose."

YouTube - NBA Vault: Allen Iverson Rookie Year Highlights

[robamiee]

i voted for KJ on i think he will become the next in the of Paul Kelly type.
not the most skilled, but most valuable in his commitment, attack on the ball etc..

I wouldn't be surprised if he is allowed to be an attacking midfielder that he will poll alot of Brownlow votes akin to Kell's

[honour_the_name]

Nick Smith has got my vote improved heaps late in the season. If he continues to improve at the same rate next season he will be special. Likely captain in a couple of years. Very happy with the potential of Hanna Berry, White, MOD, Vesp, Jack & Bird.

[Chilcott]

Veszpremi is well iked by many RWO'ers.

However, being in Melbourne, I've only seen him play a few times on TV and from what I have seen he hasn't set the world on fire.

For all I know he may be a gun, but I haven't seen it.

If there is someone out their who has seen his reserves games live, do you agree that he is as good as he is wrapped up to be?

I hope he is.